Having lived almost twenty-five years longer than both his father and grandfather, Bruce Anderson gave his posterity hopes of greater longevity as he serenely passed away at his home on November 4, 2011 at the age of seventy-nine.
Despite being born in the depths of the Depression on September 29, 1932 in Logan, Utah to Stewart Joseph and Lenora Virginia Pedersen Anderson and dealing with continual health challenges most of his adult life, Bruce led a happy, joy-filled life.
On May 2, 1958, he was sealed to his dear wife, Dorothy O. Anderson, in the Salt Lake Temple and began his fifty-three happiest years. Bruce and Dorothy were blessed with seven children, thirty-one grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren (with one more on the way).
Bruce lived to make his wife and posterity smile. Whether he was hard at work providing for his family, tickling the grandchildren, telling the latest joke he heard, listening to our triumphs or troubles, or encouraging us with his ready but genuine praise and optimism, he knew how to make us smile, laugh and enjoy life. We couldn't help but feel better just being around him.
During his childhood, Bruce was smart and loved sports. He didn't look for trouble, but he loved to laugh and tease which often got him in trouble. In his teasing, he did not discriminate.
Both peers and adults soon learned who Bruce was. His early school teachers may have wondered if he would ever outgrow these things. But he later served as President of the Granite School Board and as a Bishop in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. So his teachers would have been proud.
As he became an adult, he learned to blend his penchant for teasing with a kind smile, twinkling eyes and genuine friendship.
Love and empathy came to pervade his humor. No one has he loved or teased more than his wife of fifty-three years. (He loved to take credit for keeping her young because of it.) Bruce loved to work, and he enjoyed the people with whom he worked.
After graduating from the University of Utah with a bachelor's degree in business, his brother, Gary, and he developed real estate for more than twenty years-filling the Salt Lake Valley with hundreds of beautiful homes. It would be hard to imagine two brothers who enjoyed working together more than these two.
After Gary retired, Bruce joined with Lear Thorpe for some wonderful years that were a fitting benediction to a productive, fulfilling career.
Working professionally was not what brought him the greatest satisfaction, though. He served his wife and family tirelessly, including handling much of the laundry and a generous share of other household chores.
In addition, he loved to work in his yard and took pride in a beautiful, green lawn. He taught each of his children how to work, and how to take pride in a job well done.
Seeing each of his children and their families prosper through education and hard work has brought him great satisfaction. What really filled Bruce's soul to overflowing was serving in and seeing his family and friends blessed by the gospel of Jesus Christ.
He served as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints twice: once for two 1/2 years in Norway before he married, and once again in Tampa, Florida with his sweet wife, Dorothy after he retired.
Throughout his adult life, he served in many positions of trust, including as Bishop of the Holladay Twenty-Fourth Ward and as a High Councilor in the Holladay North Stake. For several years, he also enjoyed serving in the Salt Lake and Jordan River Temple Baptistries.
He most loved serving people one-by-one-whether counseling with youth, home teaching those in need, listening to and cheering on those who felt down, or quietly talking with the youth as they waited their turn to perform baptisms in the Temple.
Bruce will long be remembered for his engaging smile; welcoming eyes: unique joyful laugh; ready gratitude and genuine praise; guileless integrity; willingness to listen and provide wise, thoughtful counsel; ability to pray as if God were standing beside him; and his closeness to the Spirit that allowed him to speak with a gentle power that couldn't help but enter into one's heart.
Bruce is survived by his wife, Dorothy; their children, David (Kari), Debbie (Richard), Joanne (John), Sharon (Jay), Bonnie (Trent), Dan (Carrie), and Spencer (Jessica); thirty-one grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He is predeceased by his parents, his sisters, Helen and Jeanne; and his brother, Gary.
Funeral services will be held on Friday, November 11, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. in the Garden Cove Ward Building, 1945 West 9000 South, West Jordan, Utah.
Interment at the Holladay Memorial Park.
Viewings will be held on Thursday, November 10, 2011 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Jenkins Soffe Mortuary, 1007 West South Jordan Parkway (10400 South), South Jordan, Utah, and again on Friday, November 11, 2011 from 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. at the funeral location.
Published in the Deseret News on November 8, 2011.
Despite being born in the depths of the Depression on September 29, 1932 in Logan, Utah to Stewart Joseph and Lenora Virginia Pedersen Anderson and dealing with continual health challenges most of his adult life, Bruce led a happy, joy-filled life.
On May 2, 1958, he was sealed to his dear wife, Dorothy O. Anderson, in the Salt Lake Temple and began his fifty-three happiest years. Bruce and Dorothy were blessed with seven children, thirty-one grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren (with one more on the way).
Bruce lived to make his wife and posterity smile. Whether he was hard at work providing for his family, tickling the grandchildren, telling the latest joke he heard, listening to our triumphs or troubles, or encouraging us with his ready but genuine praise and optimism, he knew how to make us smile, laugh and enjoy life. We couldn't help but feel better just being around him.
During his childhood, Bruce was smart and loved sports. He didn't look for trouble, but he loved to laugh and tease which often got him in trouble. In his teasing, he did not discriminate.
Both peers and adults soon learned who Bruce was. His early school teachers may have wondered if he would ever outgrow these things. But he later served as President of the Granite School Board and as a Bishop in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. So his teachers would have been proud.
As he became an adult, he learned to blend his penchant for teasing with a kind smile, twinkling eyes and genuine friendship.
Love and empathy came to pervade his humor. No one has he loved or teased more than his wife of fifty-three years. (He loved to take credit for keeping her young because of it.) Bruce loved to work, and he enjoyed the people with whom he worked.
After graduating from the University of Utah with a bachelor's degree in business, his brother, Gary, and he developed real estate for more than twenty years-filling the Salt Lake Valley with hundreds of beautiful homes. It would be hard to imagine two brothers who enjoyed working together more than these two.
After Gary retired, Bruce joined with Lear Thorpe for some wonderful years that were a fitting benediction to a productive, fulfilling career.
Working professionally was not what brought him the greatest satisfaction, though. He served his wife and family tirelessly, including handling much of the laundry and a generous share of other household chores.
In addition, he loved to work in his yard and took pride in a beautiful, green lawn. He taught each of his children how to work, and how to take pride in a job well done.
Seeing each of his children and their families prosper through education and hard work has brought him great satisfaction. What really filled Bruce's soul to overflowing was serving in and seeing his family and friends blessed by the gospel of Jesus Christ.
He served as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints twice: once for two 1/2 years in Norway before he married, and once again in Tampa, Florida with his sweet wife, Dorothy after he retired.
Throughout his adult life, he served in many positions of trust, including as Bishop of the Holladay Twenty-Fourth Ward and as a High Councilor in the Holladay North Stake. For several years, he also enjoyed serving in the Salt Lake and Jordan River Temple Baptistries.
He most loved serving people one-by-one-whether counseling with youth, home teaching those in need, listening to and cheering on those who felt down, or quietly talking with the youth as they waited their turn to perform baptisms in the Temple.
Bruce will long be remembered for his engaging smile; welcoming eyes: unique joyful laugh; ready gratitude and genuine praise; guileless integrity; willingness to listen and provide wise, thoughtful counsel; ability to pray as if God were standing beside him; and his closeness to the Spirit that allowed him to speak with a gentle power that couldn't help but enter into one's heart.
Bruce is survived by his wife, Dorothy; their children, David (Kari), Debbie (Richard), Joanne (John), Sharon (Jay), Bonnie (Trent), Dan (Carrie), and Spencer (Jessica); thirty-one grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He is predeceased by his parents, his sisters, Helen and Jeanne; and his brother, Gary.
Funeral services will be held on Friday, November 11, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. in the Garden Cove Ward Building, 1945 West 9000 South, West Jordan, Utah.
Interment at the Holladay Memorial Park.
Viewings will be held on Thursday, November 10, 2011 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Jenkins Soffe Mortuary, 1007 West South Jordan Parkway (10400 South), South Jordan, Utah, and again on Friday, November 11, 2011 from 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. at the funeral location.
Published in the Deseret News on November 8, 2011.
Having lived almost twenty-five years longer than both his father and grandfather, Bruce Anderson gave his posterity hopes of greater longevity as he serenely passed away at his home on November 4, 2011 at the age of seventy-nine.
Despite being born in the depths of the Depression on September 29, 1932 in Logan, Utah to Stewart Joseph and Lenora Virginia Pedersen Anderson and dealing with continual health challenges most of his adult life, Bruce led a happy, joy-filled life.
On May 2, 1958, he was sealed to his dear wife, Dorothy O. Anderson, in the Salt Lake Temple and began his fifty-three happiest years. Bruce and Dorothy were blessed with seven children, thirty-one grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren (with one more on the way).
Bruce lived to make his wife and posterity smile. Whether he was hard at work providing for his family, tickling the grandchildren, telling the latest joke he heard, listening to our triumphs or troubles, or encouraging us with his ready but genuine praise and optimism, he knew how to make us smile, laugh and enjoy life. We couldn't help but feel better just being around him.
During his childhood, Bruce was smart and loved sports. He didn't look for trouble, but he loved to laugh and tease which often got him in trouble. In his teasing, he did not discriminate.
Both peers and adults soon learned who Bruce was. His early school teachers may have wondered if he would ever outgrow these things. But he later served as President of the Granite School Board and as a Bishop in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. So his teachers would have been proud.
As he became an adult, he learned to blend his penchant for teasing with a kind smile, twinkling eyes and genuine friendship.
Love and empathy came to pervade his humor. No one has he loved or teased more than his wife of fifty-three years. (He loved to take credit for keeping her young because of it.) Bruce loved to work, and he enjoyed the people with whom he worked.
After graduating from the University of Utah with a bachelor's degree in business, his brother, Gary, and he developed real estate for more than twenty years-filling the Salt Lake Valley with hundreds of beautiful homes. It would be hard to imagine two brothers who enjoyed working together more than these two.
After Gary retired, Bruce joined with Lear Thorpe for some wonderful years that were a fitting benediction to a productive, fulfilling career.
Working professionally was not what brought him the greatest satisfaction, though. He served his wife and family tirelessly, including handling much of the laundry and a generous share of other household chores.
In addition, he loved to work in his yard and took pride in a beautiful, green lawn. He taught each of his children how to work, and how to take pride in a job well done.
Seeing each of his children and their families prosper through education and hard work has brought him great satisfaction. What really filled Bruce's soul to overflowing was serving in and seeing his family and friends blessed by the gospel of Jesus Christ.
He served as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints twice: once for two 1/2 years in Norway before he married, and once again in Tampa, Florida with his sweet wife, Dorothy after he retired.
Throughout his adult life, he served in many positions of trust, including as Bishop of the Holladay Twenty-Fourth Ward and as a High Councilor in the Holladay North Stake. For several years, he also enjoyed serving in the Salt Lake and Jordan River Temple Baptistries.
He most loved serving people one-by-one-whether counseling with youth, home teaching those in need, listening to and cheering on those who felt down, or quietly talking with the youth as they waited their turn to perform baptisms in the Temple.
Bruce will long be remembered for his engaging smile; welcoming eyes: unique joyful laugh; ready gratitude and genuine praise; guileless integrity; willingness to listen and provide wise, thoughtful counsel; ability to pray as if God were standing beside him; and his closeness to the Spirit that allowed him to speak with a gentle power that couldn't help but enter into one's heart.
Bruce is survived by his wife, Dorothy; their children, David (Kari), Debbie (Richard), Joanne (John), Sharon (Jay), Bonnie (Trent), Dan (Carrie), and Spencer (Jessica); thirty-one grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He is predeceased by his parents, his sisters, Helen and Jeanne; and his brother, Gary.
Funeral services will be held on Friday, November 11, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. in the Garden Cove Ward Building, 1945 West 9000 South, West Jordan, Utah.
Interment at the Holladay Memorial Park.
Viewings will be held on Thursday, November 10, 2011 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Jenkins Soffe Mortuary, 1007 West South Jordan Parkway (10400 South), South Jordan, Utah, and again on Friday, November 11, 2011 from 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. at the funeral location.
Published in the Deseret News on November 8, 2011.
Despite being born in the depths of the Depression on September 29, 1932 in Logan, Utah to Stewart Joseph and Lenora Virginia Pedersen Anderson and dealing with continual health challenges most of his adult life, Bruce led a happy, joy-filled life.
On May 2, 1958, he was sealed to his dear wife, Dorothy O. Anderson, in the Salt Lake Temple and began his fifty-three happiest years. Bruce and Dorothy were blessed with seven children, thirty-one grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren (with one more on the way).
Bruce lived to make his wife and posterity smile. Whether he was hard at work providing for his family, tickling the grandchildren, telling the latest joke he heard, listening to our triumphs or troubles, or encouraging us with his ready but genuine praise and optimism, he knew how to make us smile, laugh and enjoy life. We couldn't help but feel better just being around him.
During his childhood, Bruce was smart and loved sports. He didn't look for trouble, but he loved to laugh and tease which often got him in trouble. In his teasing, he did not discriminate.
Both peers and adults soon learned who Bruce was. His early school teachers may have wondered if he would ever outgrow these things. But he later served as President of the Granite School Board and as a Bishop in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. So his teachers would have been proud.
As he became an adult, he learned to blend his penchant for teasing with a kind smile, twinkling eyes and genuine friendship.
Love and empathy came to pervade his humor. No one has he loved or teased more than his wife of fifty-three years. (He loved to take credit for keeping her young because of it.) Bruce loved to work, and he enjoyed the people with whom he worked.
After graduating from the University of Utah with a bachelor's degree in business, his brother, Gary, and he developed real estate for more than twenty years-filling the Salt Lake Valley with hundreds of beautiful homes. It would be hard to imagine two brothers who enjoyed working together more than these two.
After Gary retired, Bruce joined with Lear Thorpe for some wonderful years that were a fitting benediction to a productive, fulfilling career.
Working professionally was not what brought him the greatest satisfaction, though. He served his wife and family tirelessly, including handling much of the laundry and a generous share of other household chores.
In addition, he loved to work in his yard and took pride in a beautiful, green lawn. He taught each of his children how to work, and how to take pride in a job well done.
Seeing each of his children and their families prosper through education and hard work has brought him great satisfaction. What really filled Bruce's soul to overflowing was serving in and seeing his family and friends blessed by the gospel of Jesus Christ.
He served as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints twice: once for two 1/2 years in Norway before he married, and once again in Tampa, Florida with his sweet wife, Dorothy after he retired.
Throughout his adult life, he served in many positions of trust, including as Bishop of the Holladay Twenty-Fourth Ward and as a High Councilor in the Holladay North Stake. For several years, he also enjoyed serving in the Salt Lake and Jordan River Temple Baptistries.
He most loved serving people one-by-one-whether counseling with youth, home teaching those in need, listening to and cheering on those who felt down, or quietly talking with the youth as they waited their turn to perform baptisms in the Temple.
Bruce will long be remembered for his engaging smile; welcoming eyes: unique joyful laugh; ready gratitude and genuine praise; guileless integrity; willingness to listen and provide wise, thoughtful counsel; ability to pray as if God were standing beside him; and his closeness to the Spirit that allowed him to speak with a gentle power that couldn't help but enter into one's heart.
Bruce is survived by his wife, Dorothy; their children, David (Kari), Debbie (Richard), Joanne (John), Sharon (Jay), Bonnie (Trent), Dan (Carrie), and Spencer (Jessica); thirty-one grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He is predeceased by his parents, his sisters, Helen and Jeanne; and his brother, Gary.
Funeral services will be held on Friday, November 11, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. in the Garden Cove Ward Building, 1945 West 9000 South, West Jordan, Utah.
Interment at the Holladay Memorial Park.
Viewings will be held on Thursday, November 10, 2011 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Jenkins Soffe Mortuary, 1007 West South Jordan Parkway (10400 South), South Jordan, Utah, and again on Friday, November 11, 2011 from 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. at the funeral location.
Published in the Deseret News on November 8, 2011.
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